Karl Marx An Essay, Karl Marx
Karl Marx An Essay, Karl Marx
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Karl Marx An Essay

Author: Karl Marx

Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano

Unabridged: 2 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2019


Synopsis

Born in Trier, Germany, Karl Marx studied law and philosophy at university. Due to his controversial political publications however, Marx became stateless and lived in exile with his wife and children in London for decades, where he continued to develop his thought and publish his writings, often researching in the reading room of the British Museum. His best-known titles are the 1848 pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto, and the three-volume Das Kapital. His political and philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history and his name has been used as an adjective, a noun and a school of social theory. Marx's complex theories about society, economics and politics – collectively understood as Marxism – hold that human societies develop through class struggle. In capitalism, this manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling and working classes. Employing a critical approach known as historical materialism, Marx predicted that, like previous socio-economic systems, capitalism produced internal tensions which would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system: socialism. Marx actively pressed for its implementation, arguing the working class should carry out organised revolution to topple capitalism and bring about socio-economic emancipation.Marx has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history.

GEOFFREY GIULIANO is the author of thirty two internationally best selling books published by the biggest publishers in the world from 1984 to today. He is also an acclaimed Hollywood film actor, director, designer, and is the voice on over 500 popular audiobooks.

Series producer Avalon Giuliano in New York

Produced by Alex Franchi in Milan

Edited and mixed by Macc Kay in Bangkok

ICON intern Eden Garret Giuliano

About Karl Marx

Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher and political theorist whose ideas made major contributions to the development of communism and socialism. Born in Trier in the Kingdom of Prussia (present-day Germany), Marx attended the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin. While living in Paris, he met and became a close friend of Friedrich Engels, with whom he collaborated on a number of works, including The Communist Manifesto, published in 1848. His other notable writings include A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy and Das Kapital, in addition to many essays. Though largely ignored by scholars during his lifetime, Marx's theories gained rapid acceptance in the socialist movement after his death and had an incomparable influence on the political discourse and events of the twentieth century.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Niklas

Skrevet af Harold Laski, til H. G. Wells, der senere blev formand for det britiske Labour Party og i den forstand historisk interessant som eksempel på den ideologiske udvikling i den britiske arbejderbevægelse. Som værk om Marx er det mindre interessant, om end ikke uden værdi. Basalt set delt i to......more

Goodreads review by Jackson

This is very wellwritten, but there's only so much you can say about Marx in 50 pages. Not a thorough treatment at all, but a nice refresher.......more